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in benghazi today, wolf. both of whom and the confrontation we saw between the two very much going to one of the core issues that the government here has to deal with. the significantly larger demonstration was called save benghazi carried out by individuals who do believe in democracy who were demanding an end to the armed militias wanting to see a formation of a truly nationalistic army and police force. also demanding an end to the impunity with which these militias can operate wanting the government to pass legislation that would in fact criminalize them. and going even further to say they were demonstrating for freedom of speech. i met one woman at this demonstration who had had two of her sons killed during the revolution. and she said they paid such a high price in blood that libya absolutely had to change. now, these demonstrators, these pro-democracy demonstrators moved towards the square in benghazi that had already been occupied by -- and its supporters. they said they were demonstrating against th
in benghazi today, wolf. both of whom and the confrontation we saw between the two very much going to one of the core issues that the government here has to deal with. the significantly larger demonstration was called save benghazi carried out by individuals who do believe in democracy who were demanding an end to the armed militias wanting to see a formation of a truly nationalistic army and police force. also demanding an end to the impunity with which these militias can operate wanting the...
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was there enough protection in benghazi. you heard during dana's report, there is a split on capitol hill as members of congress are leaving these briefings. buck mckeon saying it is obvious that the ama basder did not have adequate security and adam smith saying something very different. what is your take on this at this point then? >> well, look, it's easy to say, we had the tragedy of the ama basder's death. it's easy to say he didn't have adequate security. the right question to be asking that nobody seems to give us a clear answer on is, given what was the intelligence you had prior to september 11th about the threat in benghazi? what we know from all of our sources is that the threat environment was increasingly dangerous and what did the government know in the classified arena? did they have and how specific was the intelligence about that threat and then to judge what his security was, was it adequate against that threat? i think it's fair to say that this looked like a very sufficie sophisticated arm aed that killed
was there enough protection in benghazi. you heard during dana's report, there is a split on capitol hill as members of congress are leaving these briefings. buck mckeon saying it is obvious that the ama basder did not have adequate security and adam smith saying something very different. what is your take on this at this point then? >> well, look, it's easy to say, we had the tragedy of the ama basder's death. it's easy to say he didn't have adequate security. the right question to be...
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i want to bring in arwa damon in benghazi. she's on the phone. and cnn foreign affairs reporter elise labott at the state department. arwa, first to you. you've been talking to libyan officials. what's the latest on what you're hearing about whether this attack was pre-planned or not? >> reporter: well, we're actually hearing different accounts as to whether or not that may be the fact. the country's head of the general national congress, effectively the nation's president saying that he does believe this is a pre-planned attack or rather was a pre-planned attack carried out by extremist groups possibly affiliated with or sympathetic to al qaeda. other government officials say as of now they have no indication whatsoever that this was a pre-planned attack. numerous eyewitnesses have been telling us that while the attack was taking place -- extremist militias that does in fact operate in this area with a fair degree of impunity, something that's incredibly troubling not just to libyan government but clearly now to international governments as well
i want to bring in arwa damon in benghazi. she's on the phone. and cnn foreign affairs reporter elise labott at the state department. arwa, first to you. you've been talking to libyan officials. what's the latest on what you're hearing about whether this attack was pre-planned or not? >> reporter: well, we're actually hearing different accounts as to whether or not that may be the fact. the country's head of the general national congress, effectively the nation's president saying that he...
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consulate in benghazi, libya. arwa damon is where it all started in benghazi. what's the latest, arwa? what's going on? >> reporter: well, at this point in time the situation in benghazi is incredibly tense. everyone who we've been speaking to really expressing their outrage, their horror at what took place. but also demanding that the libyan government take concrete action to try to bring about an end to these armed militias effectively that operate with pretty much complete and total immunity. we were touring the site of the consulate earlier today. and there we saw the country's president, the head of the national council -- congress, rather. he was saying at this point in time the government doesn't necessarily have the capabilities to reign these individuals or militias in. and this is of course of growing concern for the population and all the international observers. if the current libyan government is not capable of taking these weapons off the streets, of controlling these extremist groups, one can only imagine what the future of this country is going
consulate in benghazi, libya. arwa damon is where it all started in benghazi. what's the latest, arwa? what's going on? >> reporter: well, at this point in time the situation in benghazi is incredibly tense. everyone who we've been speaking to really expressing their outrage, their horror at what took place. but also demanding that the libyan government take concrete action to try to bring about an end to these armed militias effectively that operate with pretty much complete and total...
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consulate in benghazi. let's go live to our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence getting new details on what's going on. chris, what are you learning? >> yeah, wolf, just in the past few hours libya's own prime minister told cnn's own christiane amonopore have arrested one man. he is currently being interrogated. and libyan authorities say they have several others under surveillance and more arrests may be on the way. meantime, u.s. intelligence officials say they are digging deeper and getting more information about who may have been behind this attack. at this point they say it does not appear to be a core al qaeda group, wolf. >> what does that mean? a core al chi da affiliate groups. what does that mean, a core al qaeda group? >> they think it's very possible that this could have been an al qaeda-inspired group. some group that is not directly affiliated with the hierarchy of al qaeda but does support the aims and ideals of al qaeda. >> and what about the u.s. warships, chris, that are heading toward l
consulate in benghazi. let's go live to our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence getting new details on what's going on. chris, what are you learning? >> yeah, wolf, just in the past few hours libya's own prime minister told cnn's own christiane amonopore have arrested one man. he is currently being interrogated. and libyan authorities say they have several others under surveillance and more arrests may be on the way. meantime, u.s. intelligence officials say they are digging deeper and...
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one, whether the attack in benghazi was launched by terrorists. and, two, whether it was a planned attack. now, does it matter? yes. because those two issues are at the very heart of how the aftermath of the benghazi attack has undoubtedly become an act of politi thptember 11th athat ki ambassador stevens and three other americans, the president referred to it as terrorism. >> no acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation. >> reporter: he did it again that evening. >> no act of terror will dim the light of the values that we proudly shine on the rest of the world. >> reporter: and again the next day at another campaign event. >> no act of terror will go unpunished. >> reporter: as the president said this, the intelligence community was developing an initial working theory. that an anti-muslim film circulating on the internet may have led to a protest in benghazi as it had in cairo. and the attack may have grown out of that protest. but as this was happening, members of congress were being briefed as well. and some republicans
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in benghazi there have been more than a dozen assassinations of former military officers. sources tell cnn that many of them were reportedly on an islamist hit list to eliminate qualified individuals that could pose a threat. colonel of the libyan army was recently kidnapped. he says he doesn't know by whom or exactly why. he got a call from a man who spoke as if he knew him and said he had urgent information to pass on. outside his home in broad daylight two masked men forced him into theircar. wh i got into the car they put a black hood on my head and began saying things like, you're going to see, threatening me, he tells us. later he was forced to his knees ism.told to repentnd hen hethou hasoing to die when the phone rang. i could hear someone y, he's alive. we haven't killed him yet. you can hear his voice, he recalls. and then he was free. the influence of these radical groups has emerged in the capital. last month they destroyed shrines including this one right in thert oripo. a move tycalf sill fist intolenc as the shrine wasg libyansecuri fce ses say facilitated e
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consulate in benghazi, libya. mr. chairman, thanks very much for coming in. is it true you're calling on the united states ambassador to the united nations susan rice, to resign because of the comments she made on those five sunday talk shows? >> yes, wolf. i believe that this was such a failure of foreign policy message and leadership, such a misstatement of facts at the time and for her to go on all of those shows and in effect the spokesman for the world and be misinforming the american people and our allies and countries around the world, to me somebody has to pay the price for this. we have too much things go wrong and everyone forgets about it the next day. i think we have to send a clear message. on such an issue where an american ambassador was killed where by all the evidence at the time the presumption had to be it was terrorism. i can see why if they wanted to say -- whether it was intentionally or unintentionally and to show the significance of that, i believe she should resign, yes. >> because there is a statement that the spokesperson, the direc
consulate in benghazi, libya. mr. chairman, thanks very much for coming in. is it true you're calling on the united states ambassador to the united nations susan rice, to resign because of the comments she made on those five sunday talk shows? >> yes, wolf. i believe that this was such a failure of foreign policy message and leadership, such a misstatement of facts at the time and for her to go on all of those shows and in effect the spokesman for the world and be misinforming the...
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put benghazi on notice that he's on his way to benghazi to hunt the people of benghazi to hunt them down, house by house, street by street, alleyway by alleyway, as he put it. and then this fine -- devoted his life to this region being gunned downindeed. we don't know who is responsible. we've heard various speculation. the chairman of the house intelligence committee thinks it has some fingerprints of al qaeda or at least al qaeda-inspired affiliate operation. what do you think? >> you know, wolf, i think we have to remember that al qaeda had deep presence, actually, in libya, and we go back to the infiltration of al qaeda into iraq a while ago. a few years ago. what we learned when the americans got the documents, the computer records of the jihadists, they captured records and what they learned is the largest group of jihadists came from saudi arabia. the second largest group came from libya. so there has always been an al qaeda presence in libya. there was a presence that gadhafi occasionally used in the fashion of the dictators of the arab world. they could wink at terrorism wh
put benghazi on notice that he's on his way to benghazi to hunt the people of benghazi to hunt them down, house by house, street by street, alleyway by alleyway, as he put it. and then this fine -- devoted his life to this region being gunned downindeed. we don't know who is responsible. we've heard various speculation. the chairman of the house intelligence committee thinks it has some fingerprints of al qaeda or at least al qaeda-inspired affiliate operation. what do you think? >> you...
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consulate in benghazi, libya. you're about to hear a tape of senator john mccain's contentious exchange with cnn. also, we've seen pictures like this of the benghazi compound on september 11th, but today for the first time lawmakers are seeing surveillance video of the assault that killed the united states ambassador, three other americans. i'll talk to one u.s. senator about what that video shows. and mitt romney's speaking out about his election loss blaming what he calls gifts -- that's a quote, gifts, the president people gave to people who voted for him. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> tempers flaring on capitol hill. senator john mccain lashing out at one of our cnn producers who questioned why he was missing a key hearing on the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. mccain has been a sharp critic of the president and his administration complaining lawmakers are not getting enough information. and when asked why he missed that meeting today, he lashed out. our senior congress
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she says people may start saying he's a scapegoat for benghazi and the controversy in benghazi. she says that is absolutely false. she said i know what the personal story is here. it is not a coverstory. what she did say to me, wolf, is that she didn't understand why the immediate departure. you know, there are congressional hearings that are coming up next week. mr. morell will be testifying on behalf of the central intelligence agency. she says there are going to be at least three hearings and they will continue to ask who did what when and what was missing. but she said this is a deeply personal story for him. he made an egregious personal mistake. and at this point she has not given any thought to who she believes should replace him because she herself just learned about this at about the same time we did, maybe a little bit before i would venture. >> jessica, how did the president find out about this? >> reporter: hi, wolf. well, the president met with general petraeus yesterday and was told not only that he wanted to resign but also the circumstances surrounding the reques
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intelligence officials still in benghazi. but you've got an intelligence service in this new government -- you don't really have a fully productive partner. those two things together do make it very challenging. but we have to be clear. there will continue to be network of informants, surveillance, whether it's technical signals intelligence. they will continue to collect against the intelligence requirements. they just have -- they're going to be certainly more challenged. >> fran, i have more questions but i want to get to this right now. a war between israel and iran, is it imminent? cnn's piers morgan put that question directly to one man who could determine whether current tension over iran's nuclear program escalates into something far more serious and deadly. listen to this part of piers' interview with the iranian president, mahmoud ahmadinejad. >> if israel does launch a strike against your country, what will your response be? >> translator: the response of iran is quite clear. i don't even need to explain that. any
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consulate in benghazi, libya. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> just 13 days until the presidential election and the obama and romney campaigns, they are kicking into overdrive as the candidates make their final push to win the white house. cnn correspondents are following their every move. they're reporting from coast to coast and from all the most crucial states, any one of which has the potential to decide who the next president of the united states will be. let's begin this hour's coverage in iowa where president obama kicked off a two-day coast-to-coast swing through eight states. he's calling it a campaign marathon extravaganza. likening it to an all-nighter. no surprise his itinerary consistents almost entirely of battleground states. cnn's chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is traveling with the president. >> reporter: wolf, president obama is hopping around the nation stumping for early votes and undecided voters. it's the kind of whirlwind tour you usually see in the last 48 hours before el
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facility in benghazi. that they should have known because there had been previous attacks that there were warnings and more than that other stories out there that folks knew within 24 hours essentially what had happened or at least what sort of attack it was. so if this, you know, begins to look as though it's incompetent in the face of, you know, needing to protect u.s. interests, that's a huge problem. this is still an economy-based election. that's still what it's going to be about. but as we see it's very close. so anywhere you can get traction, and this may well be it, we'll see where it goes on monday night, any way you can get traction is where you want to go. >> yeah. with only 18 days left to go, the closing arguments are now beginning to be made rather dra amatically. i'll play this romney ad that seems to sum up the points they want to make. >> on a collaborative basis, look, the reason i'm in this race is there are people really hurting today in this country. and we faced this deficit could cru
facility in benghazi. that they should have known because there had been previous attacks that there were warnings and more than that other stories out there that folks knew within 24 hours essentially what had happened or at least what sort of attack it was. so if this, you know, begins to look as though it's incompetent in the face of, you know, needing to protect u.s. interests, that's a huge problem. this is still an economy-based election. that's still what it's going to be about. but as...
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. >> reporter: number five, the september 11 attack in benghazi injected foreign policy into the race. >> justice will be done. >> reporter: a week later, the campaign shifted again to the hidden cram ra video of romney's comments on the 47% and an instant obama attack ad. number four, among the year's biggest moments. >> there are 47% of him who are with him. >> reporter: the gop needed a breakout moment and got one at number three. the debates and president obama's lackluster performance in the first face-off put romney back in the hunt. the president would have to redeem himself and polls show that he did. >> i said if i got bin laden in our sights, i would take that shot. >> reporter: but at number two came the mother of october surprises. sandy. the devastating superstorm put much of the nation's focus on the president's handling of the crisis. and the high marks he received from a top romney surrogate, new jersey governor, chris christie. >> i can't thank the president enough for his personal concern and passion for our state. >> reporter: polls show the race moving towards the
. >> reporter: number five, the september 11 attack in benghazi injected foreign policy into the race. >> justice will be done. >> reporter: a week later, the campaign shifted again to the hidden cram ra video of romney's comments on the 47% and an instant obama attack ad. number four, among the year's biggest moments. >> there are 47% of him who are with him. >> reporter: the gop needed a breakout moment and got one at number three. the debates and president...
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there is investigation by the fbi as to what happened in benghazi. and there's a review answering some of the questions asked. but how can you ask the secretary to come before the information is known? it's also important to note that the republican appropriation in congress gave the administration $300 million less than it asked for for the state department including funding for security. >> are you suggesting that there was a financial aspect to what happened in benghazi, libya? that the u.s. didn't have enough money to protect american diplomats? >> no. what i'm saying is congress has the right of oversight, but it also has the power of the purse. so as it looks to what the fundamentals are here, we have to know -- nobody's going to know by next week, but we have to have a full investigation and accountability for it. but we also have to look to ourselves in terms of that funding question, $300 million less than the administration asked for. >> and we know the state department, the secretary has asked thomas pickering to launch this full scale inv
there is investigation by the fbi as to what happened in benghazi. and there's a review answering some of the questions asked. but how can you ask the secretary to come before the information is known? it's also important to note that the republican appropriation in congress gave the administration $300 million less than it asked for for the state department including funding for security. >> are you suggesting that there was a financial aspect to what happened in benghazi, libya? that...
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consulate in benghazi, libya. cnn's senior congressional correspondent dana bash is joining us now from capitol hill with the very latest. what happened today, dana? >> reporter: wolf, it was one thing for susan rice to be criticized harshly yesterday by the three republicans she met with because they had been among her harshest critics, senators graham and mccain. today's meeting was different because she met with a republican who was among the remaining centerist republicans in the senate -- one of the most likely to throw susan rice a lifeline. it didn't happen. >> i continue to be troubled by the fact that the u.n. ambassador decided to play what was essentially a political role at the height of a contentious presidential election campaign. >> reporter: after meeting with rice for more than an hour, collins emerged questioning her judgment in giving the public what turned out to be incorrect information in the days after the deadly attack in benghazi. and the main republican was lukewarm about the prospect of
consulate in benghazi, libya. cnn's senior congressional correspondent dana bash is joining us now from capitol hill with the very latest. what happened today, dana? >> reporter: wolf, it was one thing for susan rice to be criticized harshly yesterday by the three republicans she met with because they had been among her harshest critics, senators graham and mccain. today's meeting was different because she met with a republican who was among the remaining centerist republicans in the...
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one is we need to do an effective case on benghazi. i don't think romney did an effective case and he needs to fly like a butterfly and sting like a bee on it today. i think we need answers on mr. obama, what did you mean when you told the russian president that you would have more flexibility? we're about to have that second election now and we're talking about one-on-one talks with iran maybe leaking, i don't know. what does that further flexibility mean? i know a lot of americans who are very worried about that point. >> i'm going to give carley the last word. >> the economy is the most important topic. personal lives are what consume people daily. but i think what americans are concerned about is their place in the world. there is a sense of unease about the role we play in the world. >> agree with you there. >> i think it's an important debate, an important night. >> keep it right there. don't change your channel. we'll be back in just a minute with more unsolicited advice from this panel. stay tuned. >>> here we are. welcome back
one is we need to do an effective case on benghazi. i don't think romney did an effective case and he needs to fly like a butterfly and sting like a bee on it today. i think we need answers on mr. obama, what did you mean when you told the russian president that you would have more flexibility? we're about to have that second election now and we're talking about one-on-one talks with iran maybe leaking, i don't know. what does that further flexibility mean? i know a lot of americans who are...
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the pentagon says both teams left benghazi a short time ago. the fbi team had been stalled for three weeks because of security concerns there at the particular site in benghazi. thank you so much for being with me today. i'm brooke baldwin. let's send you to washington. "the situation room" with wolf blitzer begins now. >>> brooke, thanks very much. happening now, president obama back on the campaign trail after a lackluster debate performance. he's about to speak in madison, wisconsin. we're going to hear from him live this hour as he tries to recover. also, we'll hear live from mitt romney. he's now campaigning with new energy and momentum after his showing in the debate last night. plus, big bird thrust into campaign politics and on the defensive. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> only 33 days to election and an entirely new dynamic in the battle between president obama and mitt romney. the republican nominee is widely seen as the winner of last night's debate while even the president's strongest supporters now concede he
the pentagon says both teams left benghazi a short time ago. the fbi team had been stalled for three weeks because of security concerns there at the particular site in benghazi. thank you so much for being with me today. i'm brooke baldwin. let's send you to washington. "the situation room" with wolf blitzer begins now. >>> brooke, thanks very much. happening now, president obama back on the campaign trail after a lackluster debate performance. he's about to speak in madison,...
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, not the capitol, tripoli, but benghazi, they have a base then to set up opposition government and that would be a huge, huge development. ivan watson doing amazing reporting for us here in the united states and around the world. ivan, thanks so, so much. >>> mitt romney was hoping to make a big impression on the world stage weeks before he officially becomes the republican presidential nominee. that will happen at the republican convention in tampa at the end of august, but not necessarily like this trip, which is a trip that got off to a bit of a rough start, very undiplomatic remarks about the olympic games in london, only making matters worse. jim acosta is traveling with romney in london. >> reporter: wolf, with no olympic swimming pool in sight, mitt romney is making waves of his own in london. >> welcome to london. >> reporter: as mitt romney chatted up the olympics in meeting after meeting with former and current british leaders, the london media were already off to the races with comments the gop contender made about the preparations for the games. >> you know, it is hard to kn
, not the capitol, tripoli, but benghazi, they have a base then to set up opposition government and that would be a huge, huge development. ivan watson doing amazing reporting for us here in the united states and around the world. ivan, thanks so, so much. >>> mitt romney was hoping to make a big impression on the world stage weeks before he officially becomes the republican presidential nominee. that will happen at the republican convention in tampa at the end of august, but not...
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consulate in benghazi, libya. the secretary of state hillary clinton now says flatly the security of u.s. diplomatic posts around the world is her responsibility. she spoke bluntly with cnn's foreign affairs reporter elise labott during her current visit to peru. >> reporter: secretary clinton, thank you so much for joining cnn c cnn. i want to talk a little bit about the benghazi attack, september 1 19, the evening of this horrible day, you get a call that the consulate in benghazi was attacked and the ambassador has died. what goes through your head at that moment? >> well, elise, this was a many hour ordeal that we were all involved in. and i was deeply concerned as you would obviously assume to hear about an attack. >> on 9/11. >> on 9/11. an attack that was just overwhelming many armed men, numbers not clear, not only at our post but at our annex. and we couldn't find ambassador stevens. and we were trying desperately to figure out what had happened to him and to shaun smith and the others who were there. so
consulate in benghazi, libya. the secretary of state hillary clinton now says flatly the security of u.s. diplomatic posts around the world is her responsibility. she spoke bluntly with cnn's foreign affairs reporter elise labott during her current visit to peru. >> reporter: secretary clinton, thank you so much for joining cnn c cnn. i want to talk a little bit about the benghazi attack, september 1 19, the evening of this horrible day, you get a call that the consulate in benghazi was...
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cindy says experiencing his lack of leadership regarding the terrorist attack in benghazi. himself. obama appeared indecisive and imp competent in the last debate. in the next debate his vice president didn't help any by acting like a buffoon. if he doesn't communicate a vision, he is toast. >> sissy quits, obama can win and won't change the fact i'm not voting for him again. george says convince voters next four won't be the same as last four. he hung his head down and what looked like an acknowledgment of defeat. many in the audience must have perceived it that way. paul wrotes getting me to watch. and gary in arizona says, mr. obama's biggest challenge tomorrow night will be to intelligently put together a dozen or so words without the use of a tell prompter. it's something i don't think he's ever done before. if you want to read more on this, go to the blog. cnn.com/caffertyfile. wolf? >> jack, thank you. >>> the author of a popular children's book series trying to get kids interested in politics. how's this for starters? >> everybody in their best behavior and i want you to say
cindy says experiencing his lack of leadership regarding the terrorist attack in benghazi. himself. obama appeared indecisive and imp competent in the last debate. in the next debate his vice president didn't help any by acting like a buffoon. if he doesn't communicate a vision, he is toast. >> sissy quits, obama can win and won't change the fact i'm not voting for him again. george says convince voters next four won't be the same as last four. he hung his head down and what looked like...
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>>> congressional republicans are demander more information about the attack in benghazi that killed ambassador christopher stevens and aides. joining us now to talk about the investigation is former fine assistant director and cnn contributor fom fuentes. tom, i want to read you just part of this letter. part of it says "decades after al qaeda attacked our embassies in east africa which catalyzed a series of events which led to the attacks on 9/11, it appears they executed a highly coordinated and well-planned attack against us again. clearly the threat from al qaeda and affiliated groups has metastasized, yet we do not appear to be learning from the past." now, you were at the fbi in 1998. what do you make of that? are we not learning the lesson from the past? >> frankly i think that's ridiculous. we've learned a lot from those lessons. but there's a much different situation here in libya than there was in kenya and tanzania in 1998. >> how so? >> you don't have a developed government for one thing. >> libyan government. >> the libyan government that doesn't have the robust law enf
>>> congressional republicans are demander more information about the attack in benghazi that killed ambassador christopher stevens and aides. joining us now to talk about the investigation is former fine assistant director and cnn contributor fom fuentes. tom, i want to read you just part of this letter. part of it says "decades after al qaeda attacked our embassies in east africa which catalyzed a series of events which led to the attacks on 9/11, it appears they executed a...
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mission, the headquarters attacked in benghazi. some military officials telling us they warned the u.s. about the growing threat of extremism as it does exist, especially in the eastern part of the country. as recently as three days before the attack took place. many of the ground right now questioning whether or not the u.s. grossly underestimated the threat level against it, all the while many also saying that it was the libyan government's possibility to a certain degree to have created more security around the compound itself. and so, many are saying that the blame lies with both sides. but at the end of the day this most certainly is not the path that those that launched the regime wanted to' the country move down. >> what are you seeing now? any protests? seeing any demonstrations? >> reporter: there was. we are hearing a candle lit vigil in front of the consulate itself carried out by children, women. libyans want the world to know that this act of violence against the u.s. is by no way, shape or form representative of the l
mission, the headquarters attacked in benghazi. some military officials telling us they warned the u.s. about the growing threat of extremism as it does exist, especially in the eastern part of the country. as recently as three days before the attack took place. many of the ground right now questioning whether or not the u.s. grossly underestimated the threat level against it, all the while many also saying that it was the libyan government's possibility to a certain degree to have created more...
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there were no demonstrations outside the benghazi consulate. it's coming out there was inadequate security protection there and the effort to be dismissive of it as just a spontaneous demonstration because of this video was either disingenuous or very, very confused and either case is bad and then the president shot before he aimed. he was calling it consequence of this video. look. we had demonstrations in 20 embassies around the world. we had four that were breached. the american flag brought down and burned. and al qaeda-like black flack raised on four diplomatic posts. it was a disgrace and the president called it a bump in the road. it's not. it's a serious problem that shows the failure of the middle east policy and the live, terror threat and that al qaeda continues to be a threat to america. >> what about that, general clark? susan rice, other administration officials, they seem to be slow to appreciate when other folks suspected on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11. this was an al qaeda related terror attack. >> oh, we all thought it wa
there were no demonstrations outside the benghazi consulate. it's coming out there was inadequate security protection there and the effort to be dismissive of it as just a spontaneous demonstration because of this video was either disingenuous or very, very confused and either case is bad and then the president shot before he aimed. he was calling it consequence of this video. look. we had demonstrations in 20 embassies around the world. we had four that were breached. the american flag brought...
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for example, after the attack on the benghazi consulate that the right thing to do is you say nothing because when an american ambassador is killed, that probably indicates that some serious mistake happened. that's a good moment to say nothing and to wait for facts to emerge. this president has a record that is difficult to defend in a lot of respects. job creation, bad, economic growth, too slow. and his foreign policy initiative looks like it is going up in flames. that's the place where mitt romney should go. and of course president obama and his team wake up every morning and say how can we make today be about anything other than that? unfortunately so far they're doing pretty well. >> you know, i think this president has a tremendous record to go out there and tell the american people. stabilizing the economy, 30 months of consecutive job growth, bin laden dead, gadhafi gone, al qaeda weakened. look, we shouldn't run this election on the republican terms. nor should president obama have to respond every time mitt romney makes a mistake and try to prop him up. mitt romney has bee
for example, after the attack on the benghazi consulate that the right thing to do is you say nothing because when an american ambassador is killed, that probably indicates that some serious mistake happened. that's a good moment to say nothing and to wait for facts to emerge. this president has a record that is difficult to defend in a lot of respects. job creation, bad, economic growth, too slow. and his foreign policy initiative looks like it is going up in flames. that's the place where...
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ambassor to la lled two weeks ago in an attack in benghazi. obama'se americans end the world we're in ts together >> the atcks of the las t weeks are not mply an assault on america, they're also an assault on the very idealspon which the united nations wa >> reporter: the president one white house ofal tells cnn put a lot of personal time and effort into crafting and editing the speech. and when he spoke of the video that sparked violent demonstrations in libya and other muslim countries, he had a delicate balancing act between his international audience. >> a crude and disgusting video sparked outrage throughout the muslim world. >> reporter: and his domestic audience. >> there's no speech that justifies mindless violence. [ applause ] there are no words that excuse the killing of innocence. there's no video that justifies an attack on an embassy. >> reporter: not all countries he admitted agree on protecting freedom of speech. >> i know there's some who ask why don't we just ban such a video. the answer is enshrined in our laws. our constitu
ambassor to la lled two weeks ago in an attack in benghazi. obama'se americans end the world we're in ts together >> the atcks of the las t weeks are not mply an assault on america, they're also an assault on the very idealspon which the united nations wa >> reporter: the president one white house ofal tells cnn put a lot of personal time and effort into crafting and editing the speech. and when he spoke of the video that sparked violent demonstrations in libya and other muslim...